Manila Airport wife is going home for a visit ?

[Hank_ 9,174]

Even though she is a usa citizen, since she is filipino they arent going to care about a day overstay. i wouldnt worry about it. Once she gets where she needs to go, she can buy a cheap unlocked nokia for around 2k php or so and get a sim and use load etc

She has a green card, she is not a U.S. citizen so will be traveling on a Philippine passport. If she were a U.S. citizen and not reaffirming her Philippine citizenship she would have the same limitation of 21 days without a visa as she would be traveling on a U.S. passport.

[GaryKO 49]

She has a green card, she is not a U.S. citizen so will be traveling on a Philippine passport. If she were a U.S. citizen and not reaffirming her Philippine citizenship she would have the same limitation of 21 days without a visa as she would be traveling on a U.S. passport.

No visa shall be required for a maximum stay of one (1) year [renewable for an additional 6 months for a total of 18 months] for the following Balikbayan, every time they enter the Philippines to visit, regardless of the frequency of their travel to the Philippines.

1. Former Philippine citizens (including Filipinos who have become naturalized U.S. citizens, and citizens of the Bahamas, Bermuda and other countries within the jurisdiction of the Embassy of Washington, D.C.); Also eligible are Filipino citizens living overseas. A typical situation is that the Filipino visitor to the Philippines is not yet a foreign citizen, but he or she has an immigration card from a foreign nation [such as a "green card" in the USA].

2. Foreign spouses and minor foreign unmarried children of Filipinos and former Filipino citizens.

The balikbayan free visa privilege is extended to former Philippine citizens, the foreign spouse and the foreign minor unmarried children of Philippine citizens.

The former Philippine citizen shall declare before a Philippine Immigration Officer at the port of entry that he/she is availing of the balikbayan privilege and shall present his/her valid passport in addition to any of the following documents:

1. cancelled Philippine passport;

2. birth certificate; 3. naturalization papers to show former Philippine citizenship; or

4. certification from the adopted country.

[Hank_ 9,174]

Well that is very nice of the Philippines to extend that privledge. Good to know. Thanks.

[MI.PI 7]

Bought my wife Carol tickets to go home for a visit. She will be arriving at 9:30 PM at terminal 1. Her flight out to General Santos City is at 7:00 AM the next morning. When I visited her 4 years ago, I had to wait outside the terminal after it closed

for my flight in the morning. There was a few guards/ airport employees outside the airport all night, along with some other passengers waiting for morning flights. I felt safe, but not sure if it will be safe for a woman waiting by herself.

Will it be safe for my wife traveling by herself to wait outside the airport terminal 1 for her morning flight?

Is there another terminal open all night?

What papers/documents will she need to bring to get there and get home? Green card/Philippine passport?

What is the cost for the airport tax?

Is there a cell phone she can buy to call me and I can call her while she is there for 3 weeks? Not sure if her Tracfone

will work in the Philippines?

Thanks you very much!

I suggest you just book your wife to a hotel so she can rest after her long flight from the US. I'd recommend Remington Hotel in Resorts World. It's a pretty decent hotel and close to the airport. They also have free shuttle to the airport. She just need to inform the reception upon check in what time she needs to be at the airport (and which terminal) and they will arrange for it. She may request for a wake up call also to make sure she wakes up on time. Here's a link to their website for more info.

http://www.rwmanila.com/hotels-at-resorts-world-manila/remington

If her Philippine passport is still in her maiden name, she would need to bring a copy of your marriage license/certificate. She will have to show this (along with her green card and passport) to the travel tax counter (when she leaves the Philippines) so she can get the exemption. She will only pay 200 pesos for her travel tax. She must pay the travel tax before checking in for her flight. She needs to pay also a terminal fee of 750 pesos when she leaves the country.